After Carriage-Fee Dispute, Both Sides Say They Can Live Without the Other

For roughly two months, about 900,000 households in small towns across the U.S. haven't been able to watch Nickelodeon, MTV or Comedy Central, as a result of a blackout of the Viacom Inc.-owned channels by some 60 small cable operators.

So far, there is little evidence any more than a handful of the households care.